I am working on my first raglan sweater, and am a little stuck. I have been using this worksheet http://www.woolworks.org/patterns/raglan.html and am having difficulty understanding why there needs to be more sts in front that back. How many more? Why? huh?

On my dd's measurements I am getting the exact amount in the front as in the back.

No, I am not ashamed that I have a major crush on a man who dressed in tights and made faces for most of the 80's, and now plays a crippled drug addicted doctor...and is almost the same age as my father.